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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine;
[syn: pennyroyal, American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pennyroyal \Pen`ny*roy"al\, n. [A corruption of OE. puliall royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr. pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. regium, in puleium regium.] (Bot.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. [1913 Webster] Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Hedeoma pulegioides n 1: erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine [syn: pennyroyal, American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides]